Abney, Homer Ray

Posted November 15th, 2008 by not a relative

Homer Ray Abney
Dallas, Texas
Born 1926
Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service Number 38769454
Died while Prisoner of War
Died January 22, 1951 in Korea
Sergeant Abney was a member of Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in North Korea on November 30, 1950 and died while in captivity on January 22, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. Sergeant Abney was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.